Ricky Gervais did the film on the condition he didn’t have a nude scene

Director David Koepp revealed that Ricky Gervais had some rules of his own before he agreed to film his new film, Ghost Town.

“He had three rules when we first met. First rule is, I don’t kiss anybody and no nudity – nobody wants to see that,” the American filmmaker recalled at the film’s press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival.

“Second rule is I won’t talk to myself alone in a room, no matter how much it helps the plot. And I will ruin 30 per cent of the takes by laughing. You kept all your promises,” he said, addressing the Brit star.

The Emmy-nominated Office creator, who stars opposite Tea Leoni and Greg Kinnear, replied: “My fear was people thinking that I’m taking myself seriously so it was important that the romantic element was different and awkward, and I just didn’t want that ending where the music swells up and I get the girl in the traditional way, because it would be nauseating. People would go, ‘who does he think he is? Look at him’.”